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by Secretary for Justice Keynote address by the Secretary for Justice, Mr Wong Yan
Lung, SC, at the Joint Conference on "Effective Judicial
Review: A Cornerstone of Good Governance" (Thursday.
11 December 2008).
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Secretary for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC, at a function
organised by the Sydney Law School and Mallesons Stephen Jaques
in Sydney (Wednesday, 26 November 2008)
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Speech by the Secretary for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC,
at the Arbitration Conference "International Arbitration
- East Asia Comes of Age" (Wednesday, 19 November
2008)
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Speech by the Secretary for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC,
at the Autumn Conference 2008 of the Consulegis (Friday, 3
October 2008)
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Speech by the Secretary for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC,
at the official opening of the Third Asia Pacific Regional
Conference of the Hague Conference on Private International
Law (Wednesday, 24 September, 2008)
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Speech by the Secretary for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC,
at a welcome reception for the Asia Pacific Forum organised
by the International Bar Association (Wednesday, 17 September,
2008)
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"Letter
to Hong Kong" by the Secretary for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC, broadcast
on Radio Television Hong Kong (Sunday, 6 July 2008)
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Transcript
of remarks by the Secretary for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC, at a meet-the-media
session after attending an anti-drug seminar (Friday, 4 July 2008)
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Speech by Secretary
for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC, in resuming the third reading debate on the
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008 in the Legislative Council (Wednesday,
2 July 2008)
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Speech by Secretary
for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC, in moving the committee stage amendments to
the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008 in the Legislative Council
(Wednesday, 2 July 2008)
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Speech by Secretary
for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC, in resuming the second reading debate of the
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008 in the Legislative Council (Wednesday,
2 July 2008)
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Speech by Secretary
for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC, at the Second Quarterly General Meeting 2008
of the Hong Kong Institute of Architects (Monday, 23 June 2008)
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Speech by the
Secretary for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC, at the Conjoint Congress of the Royal
Australasian College of Surgeons and the College of Surgeons of Hong Kong (Friday,
16 May 2008)
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Speech by Secretary
for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC, on "The Success of the Silk Road"
at the 12th Annual Dinner of the British Chevening Scholarship (Hong Kong) Association
(Saturday, 12 April 2008)
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Speech by
Secretary for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC, at the signing ceremony of the Mutual
Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Agreement between the Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region and the Republic of Indonesia (Thursday, 3 April 2008)
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Opening statement
by Secretary for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC, at the special meeting of Legislative
Council Finance Committee (Tuesday, 1 April 2008)
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Transcript
of remarks by the Secretary for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC, after meeting of
the Action Committee Against Narcotics (Thursday, 27 March 2008)
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Speech by
the Secretary for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC, at the EMBA Forum 07-08 "Law,
Society and Business" (Monday, 25 February 2008)
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Speech by
the Secretary for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC, in moving the second reading
of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008 at the Legislative Council
(Wednesday, 20 February 2008)
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Speech by
the Secretary for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC, in moving the committee stage
amendments to the Domicile Bill (New Clause) in the Legislative Council (Wednesday,
20 February 2008)
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Speech by
the Secretary for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC, in resuming the second reading
debate of the Domicile Bill in the Legislative Council (Wednesday, 20 February
2008)
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Speech by
the Secretary for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC, in moving the committee stage
amendments to the Domicile Bill (Clauses 2, 4, 7, 8 and 13) in the Legislative
Council (Wednesday, 20 February 2008)
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Reply by the
Secretary for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC, to a question by the Hon Lee Wing-tat
about a speeding case in the Legislative Council (Wednesday, 30 January 2008)
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Speech by
the Secretary for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC, at the Reception on the Occasion
of 58th Anniversary of the Republic of India (Monday, 28 January 2008)
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Speech by
the Secretary for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC, at the 2008 International Customs
Day (Friday, 25 January 2008)
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Speech by
the Secretary for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC, at the Ceremonial Opening of
the Legal Year 2008 (Monday, 14 January 2008)
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Speeches by Law Officers Statement made by the Director of Public Prosecutions, Mr I Grenville Cross, SC, at the time of issuing The Statement of Prosecution Policy and Practice,subtitled the Code for Prosecutors (Tuesday, 23 December 2008).
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Speech by the Director of Public Prosecutions, Mr I Grenville
Cross, SC, titled "Judicial Review: Prosecution Decisions
and Criminal Trials" at the Joint Conference on "Effective
Judicial Review: A Cornerstone of Good Governance" (Thursday,
11 December 2008)
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Speech by the Director of Public Prosecutions, Mr I Grenville
Cross, SC, at the Trafficking in Persons Research and Data
Forum (Monday, 3 November 2008)
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Opening
Statement by the Director of Public Prosecutions, Mr I Grenville Cross, SC, in
respect of Pre-trial Interviewing of Witnesses by Prosecutors at Legislative Council
Panel on Administration of Justice and Legal Services (Monday, 23 June 2008)
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Statement made by the Director
of Public Prosecutions, Mr I Grenville Cross, SC, at the time of issuing the Yearly
Review of the Prosecutions Division 2007 (Thursday, 24 April 2008)
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Opening Statement by the Director
of Public Prosecutions, Mr I Grenville Cross, SC, in respect of Prosecution Policy
relating to Illegal Broadcasting at Legislative Council Panel on Information Technology
and Broadcasting (Tuesday, 19 February 2008)
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LegCo Speeches/Submissions Written reply by the Secretary for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung,
SC, to a question by the Hon Cheung Hok-ming on developing
Hong Kong into an international arbitration centre in the
Legislative Council (Wednesday, 3 December 2008)
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Speech by Secretary for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC, in resuming the third reading
debate on the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008 in the Legislative
Council (Wednesday, 2 July 2008)
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Speech by Secretary for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC, in moving the committee stage amendments to the Statute
Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008 in the Legislative Council (Wednesday,
2 July 2008)
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Speech by Secretary for Justice,
Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC, in resuming the second reading debate of the Statute Law
(Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008 in the Legislative Council (Wednesday, 2
July 2008)
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Opening statement by Secretary
for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC, at the special meeting of Legislative Council
Finance Committee (Tuesday, 1 April 2008)
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Speech by the Secretary
for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC, in moving the second reading of the Statute
Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008 at the Legislative Council (Wednesday,
20 February 2008)
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Speech by the Secretary
for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC, in moving the committee stage amendments to
the Domicile Bill (New Clause) in the Legislative Council (Wednesday, 20 February
2008)
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Speech by the Secretary
for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC, in resuming the second reading debate of the
Domicile Bill in the Legislative Council (Wednesday, 20 February 2008)
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Speech by the Secretary
for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC, in moving the committee stage amendments to
the Domicile Bill (Clauses 2, 4, 7, 8 and 13) in the Legislative Council (Wednesday,
20 February 2008)
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Opening statement by the
Director of Public Prosecutions, Mr I Grenville Cross, SC, in respect of Prosecution
Policy relating to Illegal Broadcasting at Legislative Council Panel on Information
Technology and Broadcasting (Tuesday, 19 February 2008)
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click here to read the full text.
Reply by the Secretary for
Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC, to a question by the Hon Lee Wing-tat about a speeding
case in the Legislative Council (Wednesday, 30 January 2008)
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click here to read the full text.
Press Releases Statement of Prosecution Policy and Practice released (Tuesday,
23 December 2008).
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Keynote address by the Secretary for Justice, Mr Wong Yan
Lung, SC, at the Joint Conference on "Effective Judicial
Review: A Cornerstone of Good Governance" (Thursday.
11 December 2008).
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Written reply by the Secretary for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung,
SC, to a question by the Hon Cheung Hok-ming on developing
Hong Kong into an international arbitration centre in the
Legislative Council (Wednesday, 3 December 2008)
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Secretary for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC, at a function
organised by the Sydney Law School and Mallesons Stephen Jaques
in Sydney (Wednesday, 26 November 2008)
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SJ: HK can become leading international dispute resolution
centre (Tuesday, 25 November 2008)
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SJ visits Australia (Monday, 24 November 2008)
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Speech by the Secretary for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC,
at the Arbitration Conference "International Arbitration
- East Asia Comes of Age" (Wednesday, 19 November
2008)
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Speech by the Director of Public Prosecutions, Mr I Grenville
Cross, SC, at the Trafficking in Persons Research and Data
Forum (Monday, 3 November 2008)
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Speech by the Secretary for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC,
at the Autumn Conference 2008 of the Consulegis (Friday, 3
October 2008)
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Third Asia Pacific Regional Conference of the Hague Conference
on Private International Law begins today (Wednesday, 24 September,
2008)
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Speech by the Secretary for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC,
at the official opening of the Third Asia Pacific Regional
Conference of the Hague Conference on Private International
Law (Wednesday, 24 September, 2008)
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National Judicial Examination held in Hong Kong (Saturday,
20 September, 2008)
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SJ visits Kowloon City District (Friday, 19 September, 2008)
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Speech by the Secretary for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC,
at a welcome reception for the Asia Pacific Forum organised
by the International Bar Association (Wednesday, 17 September,
2008)
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Director of Public Prosecutions
awarded certificate of merit (Thursday, 28 August 2008)
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Recruitment
arrangement for Government Counsel applicants (Friday, 1 August 2008)
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Change of titles
of counsel in the Prosecutions Division (Friday, 11 July 2008)
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Beware of touting
activities of recovery agents (Tuesday, 8 July 2008)
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"Letter
to Hong Kong" by the Secretary for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC, broadcast
on Radio Television Hong Kong (Sunday, 6 July 2008)
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click here to read the full text of the speech.
Transcript
of remarks by the Secretary for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC, at a meet-the-media
session after attending an anti-drug seminar (Friday, 4 July 2008)
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Speech by Secretary
for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC, in resuming the third reading debate on the
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008 in the Legislative Council (Wednesday,
2 July 2008)
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Speech by Secretary
for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC, in moving the committee stage amendments to
the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008 in the Legislative Council
(Wednesday, 2 July 2008)
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Speech by Secretary
for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC, in resuming the second reading debate of the
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008 in the Legislative Council (Wednesday,
2 July 2008)
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Speech by Secretary
for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC, at the Second Quarterly General Meeting 2008
of the Hong Kong Institute of Architects (Monday, 23 June 2008)
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click here to read the full text of the speech.
Speech by the
Secretary for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC, at the Conjoint Congress of the Royal
Australasian College of Surgeons and the College of Surgeons of Hong Kong (Friday,
16 May 2008)
- Please click here to read the full text of the speech.
Speech by Secretary
for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC, on "The Success of the Silk Road"
at the 12th Annual Dinner of the British Chevening Scholarship (Hong Kong) Association
(Saturday, 12 April 2008)
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SJ visits
Shanghai and Hangzhou (Monday, 7 April 2008)
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click here to read the full text of the speech.
Speech by
Secretary for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC, at the signing ceremony of the Mutual
Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Agreement between the Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region and the Republic of Indonesia (Thursday, 3 April 2008)
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click here to read the full text of the speech.
Mutual Legal
Assistance in Criminal Matters Agreement signed with Indonesia (Thursday, 3 April
2008)
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Opening statement
by Secretary for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC, at the special meeting of Legislative
Council Finance Committee (Tuesday, 1 April 2008)
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click here to read the full text of the speech.
Transcript
of remarks by the Secretary for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC, after meeting of
the Action Committee Against Narcotics (Thursday, 27 March 2008)
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SJ welcomes
International Chamber of Commerce decision (Wednesday, 12 March 2008)
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SJ visits
Yuen Long district (Tuesday, 4 March 2008)
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Speech by
the Secretary for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC, at the EMBA Forum 07-08 "Law,
Society and Business" (Monday, 25 February 2008)
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click here to read the full text of the speech.
Speech by
the Secretary for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC, in moving the second reading
of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008 at the Legislative Council
(Wednesday, 20 February 2008)
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Speech by
the Secretary for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC, in moving the committee stage
amendments to the Domicile Bill (New Clause) in the Legislative Council (Wednesday,
20 February 2008)
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Speech by
the Secretary for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC, in resuming the second reading
debate of the Domicile Bill in the Legislative Council (Wednesday, 20 February
2008)
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Speech by
the Secretary for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC, in moving the committee stage
amendments to the Domicile Bill (Clauses 2, 4, 7, 8 and 13) in the Legislative
Council (Wednesday, 20 February 2008)
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Statute Law
(Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008 to be gazetted (Monday, 4 February 2008)
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Reply by the
Secretary for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC, to a question by the Hon Lee Wing-tat
about a speeding case in the Legislative Council (Wednesday, 30 January 2008)
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Speech by
the Secretary for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC, at the Reception on the Occasion
of 58th Anniversary of the Republic of India (Monday, 28 January 2008)
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Speech by
the Secretary for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC, at the 2008 International Customs
Day (Friday, 25 January 2008)
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DOJ's response
on injunction ruling of Court of First Instance (Monday, 21 January 2008)
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Leave granted
for contempt of court proceedings (Tuesday, 15 January 2008)
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Speech by
the Secretary for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC, at the Ceremonial Opening of
the Legal Year 2008 (Monday, 14 January 2008)
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DOJ's statement
on Citizens' Radio (Sunday, 13 January 2008)
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click here to read the full text of the speech.
Other
Papers Consultancy
Study on the Demand for and Supply of Legal and Related Services
The
Department of Justice commissioned the Asia Consulting Group Limited (in association
with Policy 21 Limited, The University of Hong Kong) to conduct a Consultancy
Study on the Demand for and Supply of Legal and Related Services. The Consultancy
Study has been completed. Please click here for the Consultancy Study Reports and Executive Summary.
Replies to initial
written questions raised by Finance Committee Members in examining the Estimates
of Expenditure 2008-09 (Tuesday, 1 April 2008)
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Controlling Officer's Environmental Report
(COER) 2007 (Wednesday, 5 March 2008)
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Reform of the Law of Arbitration in Hong
Kong and Draft Arbitration Bill
The consultation period for the Consultation
Paper on Reform of the Law of Arbitration in Hong Kong and Draft Arbitration Bill
has ended on 30 June 2008. The Department of Justice wishes to thank all those
who have responded to the Consultation Paper. Please click here for the English and the Chinese version of the Consultation Paper which are available for information.
Legal
Policy Division,
Department of Justice,
1st Floor,
High Block,
Queensway Government Offices,
66 Queensway, Hong Kong
Telephone:
28672189
Fax: 21809928
Email: arbitration@doj.gov.hk
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